DecimalFormat thousandths separator

Question

I'm trying to set an apostrophe separator for the decimal format for a fractional number with a millionth place. I am getting a malformed pattern error.

String text = ".000'000";
DecimalFormat dformat = new DecimalFormat(text);

What is the correct string to use?

Check this [out](http://stackoverflow.com/a/5054217/2024761). — Rahul, Apr 08 '13 at 03:10

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '13 at 03:08

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As described on http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/text/DecimalFormat.html, you need two single quotes, one after the other. The first will be seen as an escape character.

answered Apr 08 '13 at 03:08

Dawood ibn Kareem

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